Exhibitions
'It was painful, it was hardship': Marina Abramovic on her ill-fated, epic walk towards Ulay across the Great Wall of China
Three decades after the artists made the journey, in the dying throes of their relationship, PhotoFairs Shanghai is showing the work for the first time in the country
Columbia University launches year-long programming on climate change
Artists such as Olafur Eliasson will participate in the university’s Year of Water initiative
Simon Starling tells the tale of a Turin car tycoon and his Old Master sliced in half
Exhibitions in Glasgow and Turin explore legacy of Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli
Middle East think-tank opens art gallery in Washington, DC
New space for Modern and contemporary art from the Arab world will put on five exhibitions a year
Faena Festival aims to spiritually awaken Miami Beach
The second annual arts festival explores spirituality and ritual in a series of new commissions and performances
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the Met’s first façade commission to Jean-Marie Appriou’s surreal equines
Three exhibitions to see during Berlin Art Week
From an artist occupation in an abandoned building to Ai Weiwei's return to his roots
Tate's William Blake blockbuster. Plus, Pace and the New York gallery boom
We take an in-depth tour of the Blake show and talk to Marc Glimcher about his vast new space in Chelsea and why galleries are becoming supersized. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
It's back to school for the art world—here's why you shouldn't just rush to the blockbusters
From William Blake at Tate Britain to Gauguin at the National Gallery, London's museums are opening their biggest exhibitions this month—but how much are you really able to enjoy them?
Reem Fadda takes the reins at Abu Dhabi cultural foundation—but where is the emirate's Guggenheim?
Historic culture centre in UAE re-opens after 10 years with survey of trailblazing woman artist Najat Makki
‘Post-industrial’ Biennale de Lyon to examine shifting social and economic experience of the region
As the largest edition of the biennial expands into an abandoned factory, we also roundup new festivals sprouting up around the world
Sean Scully to take over Picasso’s Château de Boisgeloup
Sprawling exhibition marks Irish artist’s first with Almine Rech gallery
Verrocchio's first major US survey to delve into his role in shaping the High Renaissance
The artist is best known as Leonardo’s teacher, but an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington aims to highlight his own technical accomplishment and inventiveness
Drawing, singing, sleeping, eating, changing costumes: Nikhil Chopra’s nine-day campout at the Met
Moving from gallery to gallery like a nomadic traveller, the performance artist-in-residence will morph into a series of personae
Portraits of the artist as a young man: Romare Bearden's autobiographical collages
A selection from the artist’s Profile series, which will be reunited for an exhibition at The High Museum of Art
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Helen Beard's sexually fluid paintings to Helene Schjerfbeck's unique Nordic Modernism
From blasphemer to bookworm: Paris show reframes Francis Bacon's later works
Exhibition at the Centre Pompidou focuses on the artist’s post-pope period, which has received less critical examination
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the Rubin Museum's meditation on “power” to the Costume Institute's celebration of camp
Christian Marclay communes with Snapchat in a barrage of sounds and images at Lacma
Visitors undergo a chain of experiences generated by engineers’ algorithms
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in September
New commercial gallery shows—from Baroque blackness in Chicago to flying saucers in London
Bare necessities: would you brush up against naked performers to get inside Marina Abramovic’s 2020 London show?
Artist's famous nude performance—first done with Ulay—to be recreated in her retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts next year
Columbia University exhibition retells the story of America by foregrounding 'black genius'
Featuring archival documents, vintage images and contemporary art, 20 and Odd aims to correct a narrative about a nation's power and identity
Dior show smashes total attendance record at the V&A—but Alexander McQueen exhibition had more daily visitors
Exhibition of the late French designer had 594,000 visitors overall but was on for seven months
David Bowie’s Tintoretto returns to Venice after more than 200 years
Belgian collector Marnix Neerman revealed as buyer as exhibition of masterpieces from Flemish collections opens at the Palazzo Ducale this week
As Prado becomes hub for Fra Angelico works, new show builds on museum's exceptional collection
Paintings by Florentine artist at Madrid institution are beautifully and sensitively displayed alongside an impressive range of works in other media
Forgotten female artists of Modern Arab art to get their due in Sharjah show
Collector Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is organising an exhibition with an equal number of male and female masters to redress gender bias
Tarsila dethrones Monet as São Paulo museum's most popular exhibition
A retrospective devoted to the Brazilian Modernist was part of a yearlong focus on female artists
From lantern slides to racist caricatures, the Walker showcases Theaster Gates the collector
Chicago artist strives for a poetic “resurrection” of African American stories in a solo show in Minneapolis
Drawing with the ashes of Isis-ravaged buildings: Piers Secunda on the art of destruction
Artist’s works on iconoclasm in Mosul are currently on show at the Imperial War Museum in London